A fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Kwaku Sarpong Asiedu has raised concerns about the criteria used by President in awarding Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, , at the 2024 National Honours and Awards Ceremony.
In an interview on Joy News on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, he criticised the practice of honouring individuals without clear and independent criteria, which he believes promotes mediocrity.
He questioned the logic behind selecting award recipients from the same political circle, describing this as a form of "groupthink" that leads to poor choices. "Hawa Koomson's citation made me cringe.
If what they read was really what had done, do you think the voters would have kicked her out the way they did?
